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Cop runs over boy, dad hits out
An Anglican minister is questioning police inaction against one of their own after his son was severely injured by a 4WD driven by an off-duty officer.
Reports car in fatal crash may have been racing
There are unconfirmed reports a car which crashed near Foxton yesterday killing two people may have earlier been racing another vehicle.
Leave crash scenes alone - police
Police have named two people killed in a Waikato crash yesterday and are warning the public not to interfere with accident scenes.
Dying sister: I'm sorry
As Louise Reichenbach lay trapped and dying in a crashed car yesterday, she asked friends to tell her younger sister Tammy she was sorry for a fight they had had the previous day and that she "loved her very much".
Rescuers' efforts fail to save trapped pair
A horror head-on collision near Karapiro yesterday afternoon left two people dead in a car which was crushed against a bank.
Crash near Foxton claims two lives
Two people are dead and five others have been taken to hospital after a vehicle carrying seven people rolled this morning near Foxton.
Driver run over by own bus leaves hospital
A Hamilton man run over by his own bus in December has left hospital.
Driver surrenders to police after hit and run
An 18-year-old has surrendered to police after a hit and run left another teenager critically hurt late last night.
Family mourns soldier killed in Afghanistan
The family of an NZ soldier killed in an accident in Afghanistan this week say he was the "Einstein of the family" and will be sorely missed.
Officer breaks down at inquest
A police officer who was driving a patrol car that struck and killed a 16-year-old walking along a state highway at night gave an emotional apology.
Another pedestrian hit by bus in central Wellington
A woman was injured after she was hit by a bus in Wellington's Manners Street this afternoon, the sixth pedestrian to be knocked down since the new two-way bus route was opened in November.
Fatal teen crash accused named
Name suppression has been lifted for the driver accused of killing 17-year-old Jesse Howe and injuring 10 others by dangerously driving a vehicle.
Cop denies texting at time of fatal crash
A police officer has denied he was texting when the patrol car he was driving hit and killed a 16-year-old youth in Northland in 2009.
Teen says crash that killed his mum will haunt him forever
The teenaged son of a woman who died after an out-of-control driver smashed into a group of cyclists and killed three of them has described the scene of roadside carnage which will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Inquest begins into death of teen hit by police car
A witness has described how darkly dressed figures, apparently drunk, were stumbling along a dark Northland road before a teenager was hit and killed by a police car.
Driver avoids jail over cycling deaths
A young woman involved in a fatal collision that killed three cyclists late last year has been sentenced to 300 hours community service and fined $10,000 on each of three charges.